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Protected Areas 3 River Basin Management Plan Northumbria River Basin District Annex D: Protected area objectives Contents D.1 Introduction 2 D.2 Types and location of protected areas 3 D.3 Monitoring network 12 D.4 Objectives 19 D.5 Compliance (results of monitoring) including 22 actions (measures) for Surface Water Drinking Water Protected Areas and Natura 2000 Protected Areas D.6 Other information 74 D.1 Introduction The Water Framework Directive specifies that areas requiring special protection under other EC Directives and waters used for the abstraction of drinking water are identified as protected areas. These areas have their own objectives and standards. Article 4 of the Water Framework Directive requires Member States to achieve compliance with the standards and objectives set for each protected area by 22 December 2015, unless otherwise specified in the Community legislation under which the protected area was established. Some areas may require special protection under more than one EC Directive or may have additional (surface water and/or groundwater) objectives. In these cases, all the objectives and standards must be met. Article 6 requires Member States to establish a register of protected areas. The types of protected areas that must be included in the register are: • areas designated for the abstraction of water for human consumption (Drinking Water Protected Areas); • areas designated for the protection of economically significant aquatic species (Freshwater Fish and Shellfish); • bodies of water designated as recreational waters, including areas designated as Bathing Waters; • nutrient-sensitive areas, including areas identified as Nitrate Vulnerable Zones under the Nitrates Directive or areas designated as sensitive under Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD); • areas designated for the protection of habitats or species where the maintenance or improvement of the status of water is an important factor in their protection including 1 relevant Natura 2000 sites. 1 The relevant Natura 2000 sites include water dependent Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and Special Protection Areas for Birds (SPAs) identified in accordance with Article 6 of the Water Framework Directive, using the list of qualifying Natura features in Guidance on the Identification of Natura Protected Areas (UKTAG, 2003). These are referred to in this plan as ‘Natura 2000 Protected Areas’. Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan, Northumbria River Basin District Annex D : Protected areas December 2009 2 You can find the register of protected areas at http://www.environment- agency.gov.uk/research/planning/33346.aspx. The register was first published in 2004 and has been updated for this plan. This annex describes the objective for each protected area and assesses compliance with it. This Annex describes the objectives for each Water Framework Directive protected area and assesses compliance with them. Many Water Framework Directive protected areas are also water bodies; and for these, the protected area objectives apply in addition to the requirement to achieve the water body status objectives, which are set out in Annex B. Where protected areas coincide with water bodies, this is indicated in the water body tables in Annex B. It is important to note that water body status objectives in Annex B will not always be the same as the protected area objectives in this Annex even where the element is the same, for example phosphate. This can be for a number of reasons, for example the size and scale of water bodies under the Water Framework Directive may be larger than waters identified as protected areas; or the use of a particular environmental standard or condition varies under the different parent legislations governing the protected area from that of the Water Framework Directive - and so, the achievement of objectives in one is not always comparable with the other. Where water body boundaries overlap with protected areas, the most stringent objective applies – that is the requirements of one particular EC Directive should not undermine the requirements of another. Where possible, the predicted outcomes for each water body set out in Annex B have taken into account the actions2 that will be carried out to achieve protected area objectives. Annex C describes the actions needed to achieve and maintain compliance with one or more protected area standards or objectives. Actions identified for relevant Surface Water Drinking Water Protected Areas and Natura 2000 Protected Areas are also described in more detail in Annex D. Annex E describes the actions appraisal and justifications for alternative objectives for water bodies. The appraisal of and justification for alternative objectives set for Surface Water Drinking Water Protected Areas and Natura 2000 Protected Areas are located in Annex D. For Surface Water Drinking Water Protected Areas, Annex D also includes reference to the relevant decision tree in Annex E. D.2 Types and location of protected areas In the Northumbria River Basin District there are: 34 Drinking Water Protected Areas (DrWPAs); 312 Freshwater Fish Waters; 1 Shellfish Water; 33 Bathing Waters; 20% land area in Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) (NVZs subject to appeals); 6 UWWTD Sensitive Areas; 9 Water dependent Special Areas of Conservation (SAC); 6 Water dependent Special Protection Areas (SPAs). 2 This term is widely used in the River Basin Management Plans and is also known as measures in the Water Framework Directive. Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan, Northumbria River Basin District Annex D : Protected areas December 2009 3 The locations of these protected areas are shown in figures: Figure D.1 to D.3 Drinking Waters – DrWPAs Figure D.4 Economically significant species – Freshwater Fish & Shellfish Waters Figure D.5 Recreational waters – Bathing Waters Figure D.6 Nutrient sensitive areas – Nitrate Vulnerable Zones & UWWTD Sensitive Areas (NVZs subject to appeals) Figure D.7 Conservation sites – Natura 2000 Protected Areas (water dependent SACs & SPAs) Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan, Northumbria River Basin District Annex D : Protected areas December 2009 4 Figure D.1 Location of drinking waters – DrWPA (groundwater and surface water) © Environment Agency copyright and / or database right 2009. All rights reserved. This map includes data supplied under licence from: © Crown Copyright and database right 2009. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey licence number 100026380 and BGS © NERC 2009. Some river features of this map are based on digital spatial data licensed from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, © CEH. Licence number 198 version 2. Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan, Northumbria River Basin District Annex D : Protected areas December 2009 5 Figure D.2 Location of groundwater DrWPAs including safeguard zones © Environment Agency copyright and / or database right 2009. All rights reserved. This map includes data supplied under licence from: © Crown Copyright and database right 2009. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey licence number 100026380 and BGS © NERC 2009. Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan, Northumbria River Basin District Annex D : Protected areas December 2009 6 Figure D.3 Location of surface water DrWPAs including safeguard zones © Environment Agency copyright and / or database right 2009. All rights reserved. This map includes data supplied under licence from: © Crown Copyright and database right 2009. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey licence number 100026380. Some river features of this map are based on digital spatial data licensed from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, © CEH. Licence number 198 version 2. Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan, Northumbria River Basin District Annex D : Protected areas December 2009 7 Figure D.4 Location of economically significant species – Freshwater Fish & Shellfish Waters © Environment Agency copyright and / or database right 2009. All rights reserved. This map includes data supplied under licence from: © Crown Copyright and database right 2009. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey licence number 100026380. Some river features of this map are based on digital spatial data licensed from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, © CEH. Licence number 198 version 2. Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan, Northumbria River Basin District Annex D : Protected areas December 2009 8 Figure D.5 Location of recreational waters – Bathing Waters © Environment Agency copyright and / or database right 2009. All rights reserved. This map includes data supplied under licence from: © Crown Copyright and database right 2009. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey licence number 100026380. Some river features of this map are based on digital spatial data licensed from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, © CEH. Licence number 198 version 2. Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan, Northumbria River Basin District Annex D : Protected areas December 2009 9 Figure D.6 Location of nutrient sensitive areas – Nitrate Vulnerable Zones & UWWTD Sensitive Areas (NVZs subject to appeals) © Environment Agency copyright and / or database right 2009. All rights reserved. This map includes data supplied under licence from: © Crown Copyright and database right 2009. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey licence number 100026380 and BGS © NERC 2009. Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan, Northumbria River Basin District Annex D : Protected areas December 2009 10 Figure D.7 Location of conservation sites –
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